Incense burner



Dec. 7 1926. 1,609,814

w. H. GRAY ET AL INCENSE BURNER Filed Feb. 2, 1925 Patented Dec. 7, 1926.

v 1,509, 14 PATENT. OFFICE,

WILLARD H. GRAY, or ALHAMBRA, AND ERNEST T. SCI-ILIEP, F PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.

INCENSE BURNER.

Application filed February 2, 1925. Serial No. 6,236.

This invention particularly pertains to a device forv supporting stick incense while burning the latter, and has as its primary object the pro-vision of an effective means for holding a stick of incense in an upright position in a manner to oppose its being upset.

Another object is to provide an incense support which is adapted to be employed per se as an incense burner as well as to serve as an incense support in various types of incense burners, and which is adapted to be used in burning incense either in a granular or powdered form, or in the form of cakes or sticks.

A further object is toprovide an incense support of the above character which is simple in construction and adapted to be manufactured at a small cost.

The mode of carrying out the foregoing objects, as well as such objects, features and advantages of the invention as may subsequently appear, is hereinafter described, and is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings in which the several views depict constructions and arrangements of elements and parts whereby the invention may be carried into effect;

Referring to the drawings the several views are as follows v Figure 1 is a plan view of the incense support;

Figure 2 is an inverted plan View with the bottom or insulating pad removed;

Figure 3 is a View in vertical section as seen on the line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the de vice illustrating the application thereof.

The device embodies a tray indicated gen erally at 6, which is preferably formed of sheet metal and comprises a bottom wall 7 preferably circular in plan having a marginal upstanding side wall 8 formed with an outwardly flared rim or flange 9.

Projecting upwardly from the center of the bottom wall 7 is an impaling pin 10 which preferably comprises the pointed stem of a tack; an ordinary thumb tack being particularly suitable for this purpose.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention the pointed stem of the tack is inserted through an aperture 11 formed in the bottom wall 7 of the tray; the pointed stem being passed through the aperture 11 from the underside of the bottom Wall 7 so that the head 12 of the tack will seat against the bottom face of the wall 7. The wall 7 is preferably formed with a recess 13 on its underside, in which the head 12 of the tack seats so that the head of the tack will be countersunk in the bottom wall 7 and thereby obviate an objectionable projection on,

the underside of the tray. The tack is held in place preferably by soldering the head 12 in the recess 13 Aflixed to the underside of the bottom wall 7 is an insulating pad 14 which may be formed of any suitable material, such as felt; paper, or asbestos, so as to prevent scorching of a surface on which the tray may be supported, in event the tray should become heated when burning incense therein.

In the application and operation of the invention, where a stick 15 of incense is to be supported in the tray, it is impaled on the pin 10, as shown in Figure 4, whereby the stick will be supported in'a vertical position. In like manner, blocks of incense may be impaled on the pin. Byproviding the impaling pin 10, the incense stick or block may be positioned centrally of the tray so that the ash formed by burning the incense will be collected in the tray. The tray may also be obviously employed as a support or container for powdered or granulated incense in the usual manner.

We claim 1. An incense support comprising a tray having a bottom wall formed with a recess on its underside, and having an aperture leading from the recess, and a tack having its pointed steminserted' through the aperture from the underside of the tray, and having its head portion seated in the recess; said tack being aflixed to the tray and held against displacement.

2. In a device of the class described, a tray having a substantially flat bottom, provided with an aperture, and a recess sur-- rounding the aperture, a headed impaling point projected through said aperture and having its head occupying said recess to be substantially flush with the bottom of the tray and an insulating pad secured to the bottom of the tray covering the head of the impaling point.

WILLARD H. GRAY.

ERNEST 'r. SOHLIEP. 

